My favourite in any Japanese restaurant is always Oyako-don (followed closely by salmon sushi with lots of wasabi, yum). I’ve been searching for a simple Oyako-don recipe for some time, and I think I finally found one here. For some reason, I love dishes combining egg and meat…
Shopping list (for 2):
- 1 cup dry (3 cups cooked) rice
- 150g or so chicken thigh meat
- 1 brown onion
- 3 eggs
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoons mirin (sweet sake)
- 1 sachet dashi (soup broth) mixed in 2/3 cup boiling water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Cooking:
- Slice chicken and onion into small pieces.
- Put rice on to boil. My Singaporean friends taught me to put the rice in the saucepan; flatten it; then fill with water from the tip of your index finger touching the rice to your first finger joint.
- At the same time, boil the chicken and onion in the soy sauce, mirin, dashi, water and sugar.
- Once the chicken is cooked, swirl in the eggs without scrambling them too much. Cook eggs, but once they start bubbling strongly, put on the lid and steam them about 5 minutes or until cooked.
- Serve rice and place chicken/egg mixture on top without breaking it up too much. Miso soup and a fresh green salad to complete the meal.
Actually, I was rather impressed. Tasted pretty authentic to me, although I’m not Japanese. ;D Enjoy!
